Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu in Retail

[Lalremlien Neitham]

Maybe I am wrong, but most of those "DOS" based comes with Ubuntu. It may
also be that I looked only at Dell.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:25 PM, satyaakam goswami wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Hardik Dalwadi  > wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 05 June 2011 10:23 PM, Prakash Advani wrote:
>> > Those based in Delhi, if you happen to go to  Nehru Place, do check out
>> > the Asus Store.. they have Ubuntu Demo.
>>
>> @ All,
>>
>> Here is Ubuntu Certified ASUS Machines [1]
>>
>> [1]
>>
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/search?form.search_text=ASUS&search=Search
>>
>> > My colleague Hardik did the setup for them.
>> >
>> > Any constructive feedback would be useful..
>> >
>> > On 06/02/2011 09:59 PM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Prakash Advani > >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello everyone,
>> >>
>> >> As a follow up to our Ubuntu in Retail, I have been asked by a
>> >> store in Nehru Place, Delhi if we can showcase Ubuntu.
>> >>
>> >> Here is my thoughts, let me know what you guys think.
>> >>
>> >> * Have 1-2 community members at the store to demo Ubuntu.
>> >> * Have them wear Ubuntu T-Shirts so people perceive it to be
>> >>   professional.
>> >> * Offer basic installation for free and charge for additional
>> >>   services. This should compare with other services in Nehru
>> >>   Place, where I believe you can go to a store and they will
>> >>   fill your hard drive with all windows software :)
>> >> * If the customer wants training then this can be offered at
>> >>   their home at a fee.
>> >>
>> >> I am thinking we should offer similar services to what people are
>> >> used to in the Windows world, I know this may not sound very
>> >> comforting for some of us, but thats what people are used to ;-)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Ubuntu cannot get success (in India) without the project like DebBundle
>>
>
>
> Since there was no clue given about which store is The ASUS store , so i
> tried my luck with at least three different places where the name of ASUS
> was mentioned ,one of them prominently only dealt in ASUS so i presumed this
> to be the  store Ubuntu folks have mentioned , this store  did not  have
> Ubuntu based Netbooks at all also he tried to lure me into giving discounts
> on Windows pieces and offered me some DOS based versions but No Ubuntu was
> available with him, there were two other stores which had ASUS displayed
> only one of them agreed and offered Ubuntu based Netbooks .
>
> curiously found a Compaq desktop bundled with Red Flag Linux :-)
>
> overall my experience not a good one like other Distro's in past so i will
> let this case too for rest now.
>
>
> -Satya
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Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu in Retail

[satyaakam goswami]

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Hardik Dalwadi
wrote:

> On Sunday 05 June 2011 10:23 PM, Prakash Advani wrote:
> > Those based in Delhi, if you happen to go to  Nehru Place, do check out
> > the Asus Store.. they have Ubuntu Demo.
>
> @ All,
>
> Here is Ubuntu Certified ASUS Machines [1]
>
> [1]
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/search?form.search_text=ASUS&search=Search
>
> > My colleague Hardik did the setup for them.
> >
> > Any constructive feedback would be useful..
> >
> > On 06/02/2011 09:59 PM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Prakash Advani  >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> As a follow up to our Ubuntu in Retail, I have been asked by a
> >> store in Nehru Place, Delhi if we can showcase Ubuntu.
> >>
> >> Here is my thoughts, let me know what you guys think.
> >>
> >> * Have 1-2 community members at the store to demo Ubuntu.
> >> * Have them wear Ubuntu T-Shirts so people perceive it to be
> >>   professional.
> >> * Offer basic installation for free and charge for additional
> >>   services. This should compare with other services in Nehru
> >>   Place, where I believe you can go to a store and they will
> >>   fill your hard drive with all windows software :)
> >> * If the customer wants training then this can be offered at
> >>   their home at a fee.
> >>
> >> I am thinking we should offer similar services to what people are
> >> used to in the Windows world, I know this may not sound very
> >> comforting for some of us, but thats what people are used to ;-)
> >>
> >>
> >> Ubuntu cannot get success (in India) without the project like DebBundle
>


Since there was no clue given about which store is The ASUS store , so i
tried my luck with at least three different places where the name of ASUS
was mentioned ,one of them prominently only dealt in ASUS so i presumed this
to be the  store Ubuntu folks have mentioned , this store  did not  have
Ubuntu based Netbooks at all also he tried to lure me into giving discounts
on Windows pieces and offered me some DOS based versions but No Ubuntu was
available with him, there were two other stores which had ASUS displayed
only one of them agreed and offered Ubuntu based Netbooks .

curiously found a Compaq desktop bundled with Red Flag Linux :-)

overall my experience not a good one like other Distro's in past so i will
let this case too for rest now.


-Satya
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Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu in Retail

[Hardik Dalwadi]

On Sunday 05 June 2011 10:23 PM, Prakash Advani wrote:
> Those based in Delhi, if you happen to go to  Nehru Place, do check out
> the Asus Store.. they have Ubuntu Demo.

@ All,

Here is Ubuntu Certified ASUS Machines [1]

[1]
http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/search?form.search_text=ASUS&search=Search

> My colleague Hardik did the setup for them.
> 
> Any constructive feedback would be useful..
> 
> On 06/02/2011 09:59 PM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Prakash Advani > > wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> As a follow up to our Ubuntu in Retail, I have been asked by a
>> store in Nehru Place, Delhi if we can showcase Ubuntu.
>>
>> Here is my thoughts, let me know what you guys think.
>>
>> * Have 1-2 community members at the store to demo Ubuntu.
>> * Have them wear Ubuntu T-Shirts so people perceive it to be
>>   professional.
>> * Offer basic installation for free and charge for additional
>>   services. This should compare with other services in Nehru
>>   Place, where I believe you can go to a store and they will
>>   fill your hard drive with all windows software :)
>> * If the customer wants training then this can be offered at
>>   their home at a fee.
>>
>> I am thinking we should offer similar services to what people are
>> used to in the Windows world, I know this may not sound very
>> comforting for some of us, but thats what people are used to ;-)
>>
>>
>> Ubuntu cannot get success (in India) without the project like DebBundle
> 
> 
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